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Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development
George E. Vaillant
Little, Brown and Company
, 2003
Very Good
The book is very good, in fact it's the best review of how to get old well ever wrot, the amazon work well , was perfect in everything.
Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live ...
Anahad O'Connor
Times Books
, 2007
Great Fun and Most Informative
This book was great fun to read. Many myths, legends, sayings, old wives' tales, etc., all related in some way to health and life, are either debunked or confirmed - and rationales are provided. The author appears to have researched each topic quite exhaustively - not ...
Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why
Jonny Bowden
Fair Winds Press
, 2008
Invaluable Reference Book
The Most Natural Cures on Earth, by Jonny Bawden, is a well-researched, cutting edge book that is a must for any home library. The book covers pure cures, combo cures, food cures, plant cures, natural treatments and "desert island cures" (cures the author would bring ...
Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why
Jonny Bowden
Fair Winds Press
, 2008
Read Anything Bowden has to offer
After being glued to his book: The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth, I went ahead and ordered The Healthiest Meals on Earth. Having made a huge change in my own personal diet 3 years ago(after reading Ultrametabolism), after reading Jonny's 150 Healthiest Foods On ...
Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life
Barbara Stanny
Collins Business
, 2004
You'll read this book over and over
In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Stanny takes you through a process of recognizing why so many women underearn and what we can do to earn what we are worth. From dealing with our fears about stepping out of our comfort zone and challenging longstanding beliefs to ...
The Marriage Benefit: The Surprising Rewards of Staying Together
Mark O'Connell
Springboard Press
, 2008
A must-read for marrieds
I loved this book. One of my favorite pieces of advice is "celebrate your differences." To me, this was a real mind opener: you don't have to turn him/her into a clone of yourself; differences are okay and even enriching; improving a bad pattern is more a matter of ...
The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge
Michael Daly
Thomas Dunne Books
, 2008
A National Hero
Daly, Michael. "The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge", Thomas Dunne Books, 2008. A National Hero Amos Lassen Father Mychal Judge became a hero after his death. He died while he was helping victims at the World Trade ...
How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students
Cal Newport
Broadway
, 2005
Books like this are why I get self-help books on Amazon
If you're looking at reviews for this book then you're likely looking for some insight into the college process on a deeper level than surface-level advice. In that case, you should undoubtedly get this book. I'm going to college next year, and I'm the type of ...
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
Delacorte Press
, 2008
Engaging True Stories from Vets for Adult and Younger Readers Alike
I should preface this by saying I have helped do some promo for this book - which, as an animal lover, I've been really excited to do! "Rhino" is an engaging read for anyone wanting a view into the lives of zoo and wildlife veterinarians. The stories chronicle ...
The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why
Jonny Bowden
Fair Winds Press
, 2007
150 healthiest foods on earth
Excellent for the serious health nut and very educational for anyone who really wants to learn how to keep a healthy body running at it's best.
The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and ...
Peg Tyre
Crown
, 2008
From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle. They get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls; in elementary school, they’re diagnosed with learning disorders four times as often. By eighth grade huge numbers are reading below basic level. And by high school, they’re heavily outnumbered ...
The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories about Inventions
Don L. Wulffson
Puffin
, 1999
fun facts
we discovered this & other invention history bks by the same author when my 8 1/2 yr old 3rd grade daughter was assigned a book report on an "informational" bk; it was just right; the blurbs are short but informative; kids recognize just about every product & learn ...
Why You're Wrong About the Right: Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives
S. E. Cupp
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Brett Joshpe
Threshold Editions
, 2008
Take down the straw men!
Progress of any kind or political persuasion can't come from a denial of reality, a viewpoint shared by NYTimes columnists as well as Ayn Rand. Yet, pursuits of this noble goal often degenerate into simplistic name-calling, and a concomitant spiral into the world of ...
Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums
Julian Havil
Princeton University Press
, 2008
In Nonplussed! , popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible? , another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable--and all of it mathematically irrefutable. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is ...
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought ...
Colin Woodard
Harvest Books
, 2008
The Golden Age of Piracy: crime and adventure in its context
The Golden Age of Piracy, roughly a 30 year period at the beginning of the 18th century, has taken on such a romantic notion in the modern mind, that when you actually discover the true events of the period, that the true story becomes much larger than the caricature ...
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